Baking device



E. DORNBUSH BAKING DEVICE Sept. 1, 1953 INVENTOR. EDWARD DORNBUSH, m 11. m

Filed Oct. 25, 1950 Arm/(W57.

Patented Sept. 1, 1953 BAKIN EVICE Edward Dombush, Miami Beach, Fla. dup ication October 25, 1959, Serial ,No, 191%164 ,4 claims. (01.107-54) T Ifhis invention relates generally to improvements in baking devices and is particularly dir-eetedto a eent ni eu ng nve or arrangement for holding and conveying bagels and the lik to be baked through an oven and dispensing the bagels and the "like after being properly baked- Ihe present gnanner of baking bagels andthe lilgeconsists of placing a number-of appropriately shaped pieces of dough on a long handled peel the baker then inserts into-the oven and deposits by a quick turn of the handle of the peel the dough onto the bed of the oven. The

baker must be highly skilled in order to place the uncooked bagels in rows close to each other order to utilize all the space in the oven and yet not permit any of the bagels to touch each other. After a short period of time at the exact nornent when the bagels are halfcooked, the baker must turn over the bagels by the u e o th p elen w e the bagels and the l ke are. fu y a d m pe -y b d, y are removed from the oven. In all of the above enumerated functions or steps in the baking of bagels and the like, that the baker must exercise from the uncooked shaped dough to a properly baked and marketablebagel and the like, the successful baker must'have a high degree of dexterity and skill founded on many years of experience. Aiso, the total number of bagels and the like that the baker can efiectively produce is limited since most of the bagels are to be individually handled or at-best handled in small groups.

The present invention which comprises broadly an endless conveyor carrying a plurality of rows of inverted L-shaped members adapted to rec e i ve and maintain the individual bagels and thelike, is mounted into an cven-with one'end thereof extending outside the front wall of the oven. Any perscn having little or -no skillin the art of baking merely places abagel on each of the carrier members at a position-prim te entering the oven proper, while the conveyor moves continually at a predeterminedrate of speed so that when the individual carriers arrive at the exposed end of the conveyor, the bagels being properly and completely baked are automatically deposited into a receiving recepelefive s m le dju tment-er the speed of the conveyor, the desiredand proper baking time, that is, the time that the bagels are to remain in the oven under the existing circumstances, is .easily arrived at.

A principal object of thespresent invehffiiqn is to provide an automatically operating deyicerfor baking bagels, doughnuts, pretzels and the jlike, which require the attendance of only one person who need have little or skill whatsoever, therefiore reducing the labor cost to an absolute m nimum- A further object of the present invention is i Provide by ski l a a erin adey ofiir eme work- ,A u t er ob ect the p es n i vent o i to provide-a devi which predue s a com e e y e y ba ed a le t at had n e mi ted t ris init c u 9 b g to i s full t ex nt rather han be b i t ed OX1 e 5 ha .165115 en e hot e ,fleor, eeur in th re nt mode of baking said articles besides failing to rise unimpededbyits own weight. A

A still further object of the present invention is, to prpvide a device for baking bagels and the like which utilizes a small fraction of the oven q r d o p d a sun la num er un e present day methods.

A still further object of the present invention is to provide a device for baking articles in e wherein e pansi n and nt aet enef the var u m alype fis eemp ins t e achine nd po ed t the h gh bakin tem e at es a e at d fe eu eme ieall t th d othe ehiee s View, the inven n w ll be nderst ed rom a conlsidere ti n of vthe i ew us eta l d des ript on as in c nn on i h e eempanyine r in forming a part of the present specification with the nd a ng, heweyer, that he inventi n is not confined to any strict conformity with the Showing of he d aw n ut may b chan ed DrmQdified solong as such changes or modific on m k no mat ri d parture om the salient iea ures of the invention expressed i t e ame e l ims- In the drawing:

i u e 1 a s de vi i e e tion 01 my invention as embodied in an oven.

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Referring n o the drawin whe ei like um rals ind c t rrespondin Pants th ou h ut th era vi ws the numeral 1 ind cates e ront wal o an ve h v ng an open n .1 t ein t e sh w ie t e eeilve er d v ce embedyingt e nstan inve tion enerally de ign e by 11 extends restin enflthe oven flo r l T ede e 2 eusists Of a frame w f ba aeute ly disposed. a g irons 4, the on ea sideieje n the upper tr ck. an a similarly dis e dpa ri I ngle ir ns 15 at e low r l vel to f rm th er we k.- S fh'e tra ks H, H and l5, ii are secured in position by the'plprality of upstanding brace members l6 set at an. angle to each other to strengthen the framework. Aplurality of horizontally extending-cross braces shown by the arrow in Figure 1.

the side members of the framework so that the top and bottom of the sprocket wheel 20' are on the same horizontal planes as the tracks !4 and I5. Carried by a platform on support 30 hereinafter described is a motor 23 connected to the drive shaft of a reduction box 25 on whose driven Shaft a sprocket wheel 26 is mounted. A chain 21 meshes with the sprocket wheels 28 and 28,

the latter wheel being mounted on a shaft 29 on which the sprocket wheel 2| is mounted.

The shaft 29 is rotatably mounted at its ends on a support'30 which also carries the motor 23, reduction box 25 and sprocket wheel 26 at its lower portion, and which support is pivoted at 3| to the framework of the device. As can be readily seen, the weight of the motor 23 and gear box 25 will cause the support 30 to pivot about 3| in a clockwise direction as seen in Figure 1, so as to maintain the chain 59 always 'taut even though the chain I9 may expand due to its exposure to intense heat and later contract when the device is not in use.

Mounted transversely across and equally spaced on the chain and secured thereto are a plurality of carrier members 32 whose ends ride on the tracks I4 and as best shown in Figure 3. Each of the carrier members 32 have a plurality of hooked wire members 33 of generally inverted L shape mounted thereon. The members 33 support the article such as bagels, etc. that are being baked and have an enlarged free end 34 to prevent the bagel, etc. from slipping off. (See Figure 4.)

' On starting the motor 23 the chain [9 along with the members 33 move in the direction as I An operator places the bagel or any other articles to be baked on the members 33in the upper tier thereof prior to their entrance into the oven. The bagels are carried along the upper track 14 until they reach the far end of the device when they go around the sprocket wheel 20 and return on the lower track l5. his to be noted that as A shaft 22 carrying the sprocket wheel 20 is rotatably mounted on' comprising a support mountable in an oven, track means mounted adjacent upper and lower portions of said support, endless conveyor means mounted for movement along said track means, means for rotating said conveyor means, a plurality of inverted L-shaped members rigidly mounted on said conveyor means whereby said members extend upwardly when travelling along said upper track means and downwardly when the bagel holding member33 moves around the I sprocket wheel 20 going from the upper track I4 to the lower trackl5, the bagel shifts without danger of falling ofi the member 33." However, when the member 33 rounds the sprocket wheel 2|, the bagel slips off the free end 34 of the member 33 and falls onto a tray 24, where the bagels are collected and made ready for use and sale. In order that the device l2 may be adapted to bake various foods that require diiferent baking times, the motor 23 may be of the variable speed type with a manual control for regulating the speed thereof, so that the particular food being baked may be maintained in the oven the precise time necessary to'become'properly baked. Having now disclosed my invention and realizing that, in View of my disclosure many modifications in details of construction or design will readily occur to those skilled in the art, I do not choose to limit myself except as in the appended claims. I

What I claim as new is: r

1. A baking device for bagels and the like travelling along said lower track means, a leg portion'of each of said members extending substantially horizontally in a direction opposite to the movement of said conveyor means, said leg portion adapted to receive and maintain a bagel and the like thereon, and restraining means contained by said leg portion adapted to prevent the inadvertent slippage of the bagel from said leg portion.

2. A baking device for bagels and the like comprising a support mountable in an oven, a pair of tracks mounted above each other on said support, an endless conveyor centrally positioned between said tracks on said support, power means for actuating said endless conveyor, a plurality of transverse bars secured to said conveyor and having their end portions riding on said tracks, a plurality of elongated members mounted in a substantially vertical position on said transverse bars, a second elongated member secured adjacent the top portion of each of said first named elongated members,

said second elongated members extending substantially horizontally in a direction away from the direction of movement of said endless conveyor and adapted to receive a bagel and the like and means mounted at the free end of said second elongated members adapted to prevent the inadvertent slippage of the bagel from said member.

3. A baking device for bagels and the like comprising a support mountable in an oven with one end extending outside the oven, pairs of tracks mounted above each other on said support, an endless chain centrally positioned on said support, a sprocket wheel mounted at each end of said support and engaging said endless chain, motive means mounted at said one end of said support for actuating said endless chain, a plurality of transverse bars secured to said endless chain and having their end portions slidably positioned on said upper and lower pair of tracks, a plurality of inverted L-shaped members mounted on said transverse bars, said L- shaped members having a horizontally disposed leg portion extending in a direction opposite to the direction of movement of said endless chain and adapted to receive a bagel and the like.

4. The structure as recited in claim 1 wherein said restraining means comprises an enlarged member mounted on the free end of said leg portion.

EDWARD DORNBUSH.

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